# "Mass Chicken Escape!!" and in related news "Town Under Chicken Attack" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830 "2002-12-06T01:28:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/1 "2002-12-06T01:28:13Z")
[Mass Chicken Escape](http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5620755%255E13762,00.html) > [@](#): > > ABOUT 5,000 chickens escaped onto the streets of an outer Melbourne suburb today after the truck carrying them hit a tree and overturned. [Town Under Chicken Attack](http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5612968%255E13762,00.html) > [@](#): > > More than a year after Key West launched a roundup to relocate birds that roam the streets by day and roost in trees and shrubs at night, the city is still struggling to rein in its rooster population. So why did the chicken cross the road? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/2 "2002-12-06T02:01:38Z")
As part of it’s **Evil Plan to Conquer the World!** **Bwu-ha-ha-ha-ha!** Or so I assume. CJ ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/3 "2002-12-06T03:10:38Z")
Proves beyond a doubt that there is a hole through the center of the earth. A Chicken-Sized hole. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/4 "2002-12-06T04:57:17Z")
_wonders if **MamaHen** has an explanation for these happenings_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/5 "2002-12-06T06:31:27Z")
Melbourne? I thought the mass escape took place on a farm/pot pie plant in England? ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/6 "2002-12-06T07:46:01Z")
The chickens and I have no comment at this time. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/7 "2002-12-06T08:00:16Z")
I don’t like gravvy. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/8 "2002-12-06T09:21:19Z")
Oh MamaHen knows, in fact knowing her I have no doubt that she is behind it all. Be afraid, be very afraid, she is one eeeeeevil bird ! ---
**Author:** ![Squirebob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Squirebob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squirebob)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/9 "2002-12-06T12:30:37Z")
Farm animals in general appear to be launching a resistance movement… Cows are Killing Ramblers, Sheep are traversing cattle grids, Chickens taking hostile occupation of strategic towns… I blame Iraq ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/10 "2002-12-06T12:42:31Z")
As long as we don’t see any KFH’s spring up any where then we’re OK. (Kentucky Fried Human) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/11 "2002-12-06T13:13:59Z")
Ohhhhhhhhhh…we were beset by some kind of strange South American chickens a few years back. They are wild chickens that some fool(s) imported for hunting purposes. They took over a park for about a month and then all flew away. I had a friend who lived near that park. The damn chickens sat up in the trees all night cackling and doing chicken stuff. They were kinda cute tho. All tiny things that looked like bantam roosters. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/12 "2002-12-06T13:29:00Z")
I can understand killing Bambi, hell, you can eat him, but > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swampbear \* > \*\*…kinda cute…tiny things that looked like bantam roosters. \*\* Jeez. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/13 "2002-12-06T15:36:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swampbear \* > **. They took over a park for about a month and then all flew away** Chickens don’t fly! Haven’t you ever seen the movie? But chickens are mean, and they bite. I’m telling you! My friend insisted his chicken didn’t bite me, that chickens peck and not bite, but I swear I saw an evil glint in her beady little eye as she tried to take a chunk out of one of my little piggies hanging out of my sandle! ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/14 "2002-12-06T16:15:00Z")
Some kinds of chickens fly. (or at least can flutter up above the ground a ways). We had chickens when I was a kid, and a couple of the smaller, more wild-type varieties would fly up into the oak tree in our back yard to roost. ---
**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-chicken-escape-and-in-related-news-town-under-chicken-attack/140830/15 "2002-12-07T15:09:13Z")
Mrs. Tweedy! The chickens are revolting! Finally something we agreee on… Ok, I think I’ve seen “Chicken Run” too many times…